PAST SIMPLE

TEORÍA

Afirmativa Verbos regulares (-ed)

I / You played

He / She / It played

We / You / They played

Los verbos irregulares tienen cada uno su forma de pasado que hay que aprender junto
con el verbo y su significado. Puedes consultarlas en las páginas finales de tu libro
También en un diccionario si no tienes el libro.
make → made swim → swam run → ran

Negativas e interrogativas de verbos regulares e irregulares

Negativa Formas contraídas

I / You did not read I / You didn’t read

He / She / It did not read He / She / It didn’t read

We / You / They did not read We / You / They didn’t read

Interrogativa Respuestas breves

Did I / you read the book? Yes, I / you did.

No, I / you didn’t.
Did he / she / it read the book? Yes, he / she / it did.
No, he / she / it didn’t.
Did we / you / they read the book? Yes, we / you did.
No. we / you didn’t.

Las expresiones de tiempo que normalmente usamos con el past simple hacen
referencia al pasado. Se suelen colocar al final de la oración: last year (el año pasado),
five weeks ago (hace cinco semanas), yesterday (ayer).
 EJERCICIOS

1. Completa la tabla.

Infinitive Past tense Meaning

Be

Buy

Come

Do

Eat

Find

Give

Go

Have

Know

Make

Run

Say

See

Take

Tell

Think

Write
2. Completa las oraciones utilizando el pasado de los verbos.

Last weekend, my friend and me ___________ (go) to England. We

_____________(get up) early. He _________(make) some sandwiches. We
_____________(leave) home at 8 o’clock. My parents __________(take) us to the
airport by car. When we _____________ (arrive), my dad _______ (say): “Have you got
your passport?” I___________ (look) in my bag, but it ____________(not be) there. I
_________(find) it in my pocket. We ___________(have) a great time there. We
_________(do) a lot of interesting things and __________(see) interesting buildings
and markets. I ___________ (buy) a lot of presents for my family.
3. Escribe las oraciones en forma negativa.
1. I ___________________ (not love) chocolate as a child.
2. You ________________ (not go) shopping this morning.
3. He __________________ (not like) sport.
4. She __________________(not study) for the exam.
5. Lucy __________________ (not meet) her friends yesterday.
4. Ordena las palabras para hacer preguntas y después une con la respuesta adecuada.

1. park/where/your sister/ did?

2. He/did/the/close/window?

3. Music/listen to/what/did/you?

4. Film/you/did/the/like?

5. Yesterday/work/you/did?

6. Time/your friends/did/what/arrive?

7. They/the restaurant/go/did/the/to?

8. Want/did/she/coffee/a?

a. Yes, I did. It was great.

b. They arrived at nine o´clock.
c. In the car park.
d. Yes, she did. Coffee and milk.
e. Yes, they did.
f. Yes, I did. All day long.
g. We listened pop music.
h. No, he didn’t.
 SOLUCIONES
Exercise 1.
Infinitive Past tense Meaning

Be Was, were Ser, estar

Buy bought Comprar

Come came Venir

Do Did Done

Eat Ate Comer

Find Found Encontrar

Give Gave Dar

Go Went Ir

Have Had Tener

Know Knew Saber

Make Made Hacer

Run Ran Correr

Say Said Decir

See Saw Ver

Take Took Tomar, llevar

Tell Told Contar

Think Thought Pensar

Write Wrote Escribir

Exercise 2. went / got up / made/ left / took/ arrived / said/ looked / wasn’t / found /
had/did/ saw/ bought
Exercise 3.
didn’t love
Didn’t go
Didn’t like
Didn’t study
Didn’t meet

Exercise 4.

1. Where did your sister park? c

2. Did he close the window? h
3. What music did you listen to? g
4. Did you like the film? a
5. Did you work yesterday? f
6. What time did your friends arrive? b
7. Did they go to the restaurant? e
8. Did she want a coffee? d